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Using adsorbents to help society

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Adsorption is a common process in our everyday lives,” says Dr Yamil Colón, based at the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. Chemical and biomolecular engineers solve some of the world’s most urgent problems by applying techniques from engineering, biochemistry, cell biology and organic chemistry at the molecular level.

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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?

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Electrical engineer Professor Rukmi Dutta (right) is improving the efficiency of electric motors © M. Gao Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email Mechanical engineering To reduce our dependence on fossils fuels, we need to increase energy production from sustainable sources.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging. © Dr Maria Spencer About biological engineering Biological engineering integrates concepts from life sciences with practices from engineering.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Scientific simulations — an advanced type of computational model that not only represents a real-world phenomenon, but aims to predict how the phenomenon might change under different conditions or parameters. Software — a set of instructions, scripts or programmes that are used to operate computers and perform specific tasks.

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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It is often implemented in software on a computer. At the University of Melbourne, Professor Michael Cantoni and Professor Erik Weyer are collaborating with engineers at Rubicon Water, including Professor Iven Mareels, Dr Adair Lang and Dr Yuping Li, to improve the efficiency of gravity-fed irrigation networks.

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The Many Faces of #GirlsLeadSTEM

STEM Next

Evans’ advice for others looking to pursue STEM careers is a quote from Admiral Grace Hopper, an American pioneer in computer science and programming. “ Thanks to this support and her ability to advocate for herself, Bunmi graduated college as a chemical engineer. Veronica hiking in Utah. Andria rowing for USC.

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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. But it wasn’t long before I started hearing mentions that somewhere at the school there was a computer. I’d seen a computer in real life only once—when I was 10 years old, and from a distance. How Did We Get Here?

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